Expositional Preaching
Churches in South Africa: Hoping in the Word, Not the World
By Gustav Pritchard | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016Despite unhelpful Western influences, over-spiritualized leadership, and even a struggling economy, the Lord is establishing his kingdom in South Africa through churches feasting on his Word.
Churches in the United Arab Emirates: Lights in the Desert
By J. Mack Stiles | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.09.2016Through the faithfulness of Christian doctors a generation ago, God gave churches favor in the eyes of the rulers of a nation in the heart of the Middle East. Through the recovery of one church, now many healthy churches are springing up in this desert country.
Preach About the Church to the Church
By Keith Collier | 11.16.2016But despite the trend of growing expository preaching, what if a blind spot—a byproduct of 20th-century evangelicalism—exists in our preaching?
Neither a Republican Nor a Democratic Church
By Mark Dever | 11.14.2016The Christ we share is more important to us than the politics we don’t.
25 Years Ago, “Nine Marks” Was Born
By Mark Dever | 10.28.2016On October 30, 1991—25 years ago this Sunday—Mark Dever wrote a letter to a church in Massachusetts. They needed a new pastor and wanted to know what they should be looking for. Mark responded with a list of nine must-haves—a list that has since become known as “nine marks of a healthy church.”
The Shift from Authority to Preference—And Its Consequences for the Church
By Os Guinness | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Our modern world tends to undermine all forms of authority other than its own and replaces them with the sense that all responses are merely a matter of preference.
Church Revitalization: Surviving a Plane Crash
By Mike Christ | 07.14.2016Four years ago, when I began this church revitalization, I believed my main goal would be to preach, pray, and stay, and included in “stay” is to develop personal relationships with people and pour into discipleship. That’s the same advice I’d give now.
The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Preaching
By David Helm | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.17.2016When we genuinely embrace the conviction of our need for the Spirit, we give ourselves to the work of prayer and the work of preaching.
Reflections on SBC Pastors’ Conference, Monday, June 13, 2016
By Grant Gaines | 06.14.2016Grant Gaines reflects on the Pastor’s Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Book Review: The Whole Christ, by Sinclair Ferguson
By Paul Alexander | 05.18.2016This book is an instant classic—historical theology at its best.
Don’t Be Like Moses the Pragmatist
By Phil Ryken | 05.05.2016God does not rank preachers by the number of their converts or the size of their churches. Rather, he judges them according to the accuracy of their Bible exposition.
Book Review: Preaching the Whole Counsel of God, by Julius Kim
Review by Paul Alexander | 05.04.2016This book stands out as a simple, reliable guide for faithfulness in the trenches.
Mailbag #32: Politics and the Church; What to Do When Elders Disagree on Principle; What Book Should a New Pastor Preach?
By Jonathan Leeman | 03.03.2016—Is there a place for politics in the church? —What do you do when elders disagree, not on a matter of preference but biblical principle? —What books of the Bible should a new pastor preach?
Mailbag #25: Thinking through Church Budgets; My Congregation Demands an “Altar Call”; Tricky Membership Situation
By Jonathan Leeman | 12.22.2015— How do you lead a church through thinking through the budget in a way that obeys God? Further, how do you do this in a way that is “above-reproach” when leading the overall church through polity change? — My congregation begs for me to do a weekly “altar call,” but I am opposed to them. What should I do? — An elderly couple with health problems wants to join our church—but they won’t ever be able to attend. What do you think?
Three Ways to Tie Global Missions into the Regular Diet of Your Preaching
By Matt Mason | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.10.2015We have a Great Commission Bible and serve a Great Commission Savior, who came into the world to seek and save the lost.
